Imagine the world around you looking bleak, and a country torn into two. Amid the chaos of a Civil War, soldiers would use the tools they carried & often the last of their money to create tiny pieces of art. They called the “Love Tokens”. Generations later; a lost tradition is brought back to life, one coin at a time! As I travel to art shows across Michigan, I do LIVE demonstrations using the same tools & techniques from the 1800’s, while sharing the history behind this lost artform. I can carve anything from portraits of lost pets to replicas of a loved one’s handwriting, often using coins from a special year. Each piece begins as simple pocket change and is carefully carved by hand, transforming them into tiny pieces of usable art for all genders and ages. Carved Coins can be made into Jewelry, keychains, money clips and more. My goal is to bring old traditions, and old coins, back to life by creating artwork that connects people to the past. *NOT illegal defacement –18.331